load_tree#

load_tree(filename: str | Path, format=None, underscore_unmunge=False)#

Constructor for tree.

Parameters:
filenamestr

a file path containing a newick or xml formatted tree.

formatstr

either xml or json, all other values default to newick. Overrides file name suffix.

underscore_unmungebool

replace underscores with spaces in all names read, i.e. “sp_name” becomes “sp name”.

Returns:
PhyloNode

Notes

Underscore unmunging is turned off by default, although it is part of the Newick format. Only the cogent3 json and xml tree formats are supported.